This proposal was one for the books

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Jason Methner, who graduated from Lamar High School, devised an elaborate scheme for proposing to his girlfriend of four years, Molly Lipsitz.
Methner, working with a friend who is an animator, created a children s book that had as its main characters a turtle and a rabbit. A Hare-y Tale was a story based on the couple s courtship.
Methner, a 31-year-old advertising executive, arranged to have the book placed strategically on a shelf at Chicago s Harold Washington Library. That s where 27-year-old Lipsitz, a social worker, found it on March 23, 2013 when the couple visited the library together. less

Jason Methner, who graduated from Lamar High School, devised an elaborate scheme for proposing to his girlfriend of four years, Molly Lipsitz.
Methner, working with a friend who is an animator, created a ... more

Photo: Aparna Paul Jain

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Jason Methner, who graduated from Lamar High School, devised an elaborate scheme for proposing to his girlfriend of four years, Molly Lipsitz.
Methner, working with a friend who is an animator, created a children s book that had as its main characters a turtle and a rabbit. A Hare-y Tale was a story based on the couple s courtship.
Methner, a 31-year-old advertising executive, arranged to have the book placed strategically on a shelf at Chicago s Harold Washington Library. That s where 27-year-old Lipsitz, a social worker, found it on March 23, 2013 when the couple visited the library together. less

Jason Methner, who graduated from Lamar High School, devised an elaborate scheme for proposing to his girlfriend of four years, Molly Lipsitz.
Methner, working with a friend who is an animator, created a ... more

Photo: Aparna Paul Jain

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Jason Methner, who graduated from Lamar High School, devised an elaborate scheme for proposing to his girlfriend of four years, Molly Lipsitz.
Methner, working with a friend who is an animator, created a children s book that had as its main characters a turtle and a rabbit. A Hare-y Tale was a story based on the couple s courtship.
Methner, a 31-year-old advertising executive, arranged to have the book placed strategically on a shelf at Chicago s Harold Washington Library. That s where 27-year-old Lipsitz, a social worker, found it on March 23, 2013 when the couple visited the library together. less

Jason Methner, who graduated from Lamar High School, devised an elaborate scheme for proposing to his girlfriend of four years, Molly Lipsitz.
Methner, working with a friend who is an animator, created a ... more

Photo: Aparna Paul Jain

This proposal was one for the books

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A former Houstonian's marriage proposal has made headlines around the world.

Methner, working with a friend who is an animator, created a children's book that had as its main characters a turtle and a rabbit. "A Hare-y Tale" was a story based on the couple's courtship.

Methner, a 31-year-old advertising executive, arranged to have the book placed strategically on a shelf at Chicago's Harold Washington Library. That's where 27-year-old Lipsitz, who works in social media, found it on March 23 when the couple visited the library together.

Photographs of the couple's visit to the library and Methner offering his soon-to-be bride an engagement ring were posted on Facebook. And soon the story went viral.